LETTER FROM BRITAIN
As short a while as two weeks back, this summer sounded like Rerun City. Everyone and his sister (the Residents, Flying Lizards and Screamin’ Tony Baxter anyway) was “de-constructing” a James Brown number and the best tunes around were all reissues.
LETTER FROM BRITAIN
BRIGHT LIGHTS, BRILLIANT LIVES
Cynthia Rose
As short a while as two weeks back, this summer sounded like Rerun City. Everyone and his sister (the Residents, Flying Lizards and Screamin’ Tony Baxter anyway) was “de-constructing” a James Brown number and the best tunes around were all reissues. RCA woke would-be agit-poppers up when they re-released the entire Creedence Clearwater Revival catalogue. Brentford’s Demon Records gave us a Dr. John compilation of mellow moonlight-and-methadone hoodoo. And the ever-resourceful Charly came up trumps with Clifton Chenier live, Johnny Burnette, the Upsetters (that band Little Richard left on a limb the first time he went back to the church in ’57) and jumpin’ Joe Turner of “Shake Rattle And Roll” fame and very much more.